Overview
Fidelity China Special Situations is focused on the long-term growth potential of China. The portfolio is made up primarily of securities issued by companies listed in China or Hong Kong and Chinese companies listed elsewhere. It may also invest in listed companies with significant interests in China and Hong Kong.
The investment process is based on fundamental research and the manager has a contrarian approach and is not constrained by an index. The manager looks for companies that are undervalued by the market and which demonstrate growth or recovery potential, as well as takeover candidates and companies where a management change can act as a catalyst to unlock growth.
Fundamentals
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Research History
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12 Nov 2020 9 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – November 2020
Investment Companies Monthly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Events Guide Legal New research Here is a list of research we published over October: Herald Investment Trust – Hot chips “Reflecting its focus on technology, […]
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10 Aug 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – August 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over July: Seneca Global Income & Growth – […]
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14 Jul 2020 13 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Quarterly Review – Second Quarter 2020
Investment Companies Quarterly Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents In this issue Performance data Positive movers Negative movers Discounts and premiums Getting more expensive Getting cheaper Money in and out Money in Money out Major news stories Upcoming Events New research Guide The legal bit When the going gets […]
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07 Jul 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – July 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide Appendix – Performance by sector full list New research Here is a list of research we published over June: CQS New City High Yield – […]
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10 Mar 2020 10 min read
QuotedData’s Investment Companies Roundup – March 2020
Investment Companies Roundup Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford and Aberdeen Standard Investments Table of contents New research In this issue Performance data Discounts and premiums Money in and out Major news stories Income Events Guide New research Here is a list of research we published over February: An initiation note on Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Trust (MTU) […]
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06 Dec 2019 7 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2019
Economic & Political Roundup Kindly sponsored by Polar Capital and Allianz A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you […]
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05 Jul 2019 8 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – July 2019
Economic & Political Roundup A collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any of the […]
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07 Jun 2019 4 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – June 2019
Investment Companies Roundup New research Over May, we published notes on Shires Income, Standard Life Private Equity and The North American Income Trust. You can read all these notes by clicking on the links above or by visiting www.quoteddata.com. In this issue Performance data – it was notable that risk appetite was down in May as renewed […]
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22 Mar 2019 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2019 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2019. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. JPMorgan Chinese, Fidelity China and Pacific Horizon benefited from a booming Chinese market in […]
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19 Dec 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018
QuotedData’s economic roundup – December 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or sell any […]
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16 Oct 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Third Quarter 2018 Global equities delivered positive returns over the third quarter of 2018. This was principally because of strength in the US market. Political uncertainty and concerns about global trade held back other regions. Generally, government bond yields rose over the quarter. The UK equity market fell as the Bank of […]
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15 Aug 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – August 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of July 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Money raised and returned in July Tritax EuroBox raised its maximum target of £300 million in an […]
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18 Jul 2018 2 min read
Quarterly Investment Companies Roundup – Second Quarter 2018
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT COMPANIES ROUNDUP – SECOND QUARTER 2018 Global equities markets rose in the second quarter of 2018, Markets were volatile, as positive economic data and encouraging company performances played off against geopolitical concerns. Yields from bond markets rose early in the quarter but fell back as investors turned to ‘safer’ investments. The threat of […]
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11 Jul 2018 1 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – July 2018 is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of June 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. July Investment Companies Roundup Money raised and returned in June Newcomer to the market, Yew Grove […]
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2 min read
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018
QuotedData’s Economic round up – July 2018 is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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11 Jun 2018 2 min read
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – 10.6% a year for 20 years
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – 10.6% a year for 20 years Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) will be 20 years old on 22 June 2018. This is no small feat; it has survived numerous crises in emerging markets (EM), the distortions of ‘hot money’ (where investors flood into, and later out of, whichever market or sector happens […]
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2 min read
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – 10.6% a year for 20 years
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – 10.6% a year for 20 years Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) will be 20 years old on 22 June 2018. This is no small feat; it has survived numerous crises in emerging markets (EM), the distortions of ‘hot money’ (where investors flood into, and later out of, whichever market or sector happens to […]
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13 Mar 2018 2 min read
QuotedData’s investment companies roundup – March 2018
QuotedData investment companies roundup – March 2018 – is our latest roundup of news; price, NAV and discount movements; flows in and out of the sector and report on full year dividends announced over the month of February 2018. Kindly sponsored by Baillie Gifford. Equity markets continued to run up in early February, supported by strong corporate earnings […]
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07 Mar 2018 2 min read
QuotedData releases 2018 Investment Companies Guide
QuotedData has released the 2018 edition of its highly-regarded Investment Companies Guide. Building on the success of last year’s publication and updated to reflect developments within the sector, the Guide harnesses QuotedData’s wide-ranging distribution capabilities to reach over 100,000 self-directed investors and their advisers. Two versions: In PDF 2018 Investment Companies Guide Final Version Or Accessed Via […]
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18 Jan 2018 2 min read
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year
QuotedData – 2017 review of the year – Many commentators, including us, were wary going into 2017. In the event, economic growth and markets surprised on the upside: US markets hit new highs despite three interest rate rises. Perceived low/no growth areas such as Europe and Japan burst into life. Asia’s technology stocks surged. India’s […]
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28 Sep 2017 1 min read
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – Access to a wealth of talent
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – Access to a wealth of talent Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) is designed for investors who want exposure to, what the managers are convinced is, the compelling investment opportunity that emerging markets provide. Its managers believe that they have built a portfolio of funds, managed by best-of-breed and, often, hard to access […]
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Aberdeen Emerging Markets – Access to a wealth of talent
Aberdeen Emerging Markets – Access to a wealth of talent Aberdeen Emerging Markets (AEMC) is designed for investors who want exposure to, what the managers are convinced is, the compelling investment opportunity that emerging markets provide. Its managers believe that they have built a portfolio of funds, managed by best-of-breed and, often, hard to access […]
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12 Jul 2017 3 min read
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017
QuotedData’s economic round up – July 2017 – is a collation of recent insights on markets and economies taken from the comments made by chairmen and investment managers of investment companies – have a read and make your own minds up. Please remember that nothing in this note is designed to encourage you to buy or […]
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10 Jul 2017 1 min read
Analyst Presentation Series – The QuotedData guide to quoted investment companies
Next event: Part 3 webinar/conference call Tuesday 5 September 2017 at 2pm QuotedData’s analysts are making a series of presentations based on our guide to investment companies. These are free, open to all and can be accessed either over the internet as a ‘webinar’ (see link below) or via a conference call (see below for dial-in details). To […]
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31 Jan 2017 1 min read
QuotedData – 2016 review of the year
Our review of 2016 includes performance data, significant moves in discounts and premiums, money raised and money handed back, major news stories and links to the research we have published including our guide to investment companies. 2016 Annual roundup
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02 Nov 2016 1 min read
QuotedData’s guide to analysing and selecting quoted investment companies
The QuotedData independent guide to investment companies aims to help investors and financial advisers better understand investment companies and help them make better informed investment decisions. We hope that the guide will help clarify the jargon that appears in many of the communications from the investment world. It is designed to build investors’ knowledge, starting […]
News
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15 Jan 2021 3 min read
QD view – the dangers of political risk
One of the best places to be invested last year was China. JPMorgan China Growth and Income managed to almost double in share price terms over 2020. Fidelity China was up by more than two thirds and Baillie Gifford China was up by more than 50% (though this was mainly related to discount narrowing on […]
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08 Dec 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 8 December 2020 – Syncona’s Autolius reported positive results in its ALLCAR Phase 1 study, where it is using AUTO1 to treat Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. COVID has delayed phase 2 – it says that “…enrolment projections have had to be adjusted. We now expect to enroll patients throughout 2021 with a […]
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28 Aug 2020 2 min read
QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020
In QuotedData’s morning briefing 28 August 2020: Invesco Asia (IAT) announced two measures aimed at meeting its 10% discount target. Chairman, Neil Rogan, says that they are being introduced to spark new demand for the company. Conditional tender offer: subject to approval by shareholders, the board intends to introduce a performance-related conditional tender offer. Under the […]
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04 Jun 2020 4 min read
Fidelity China shrugs off virus
Fidelity China shrugs off virus – Fidelity China Special Situations’ annual report for the year ended 31 March 2020 shows an NAV return of -5.9% and a return to shareholders of -6.5%. MSCI China returned -1.0% over that period. The dividend has been upped by 10.4% to 4.25p. Markets had started to recover from the worst […]
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21 Apr 2020 1 min read
How are investment trusts going to survive amid COVID-19 disruption – Alex Denny Head of Investment Trusts at Fidelity discusses
Click here to watch Alex Denny from Fidelity discuss: “How are investment trusts going to survive amid COVID-19 market disruption”. What is an investment trust? Investment trust characteristics. What else drives investment trust performance? How have investment trusts held up?
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29 Jan 2020 1 min read
QuotedData’s other news 29 January 2020
In QuotedData’s other news 29 January 2020 SQN Asset Finance Income’s board set a deadline of Friday 31st January for proposals for the future of the fund The share prices of Asian and Chinese funds appear to have stabilised this morning after sharp falls on worries about the coronavirus. JPMorgan Chinese is trading at 340p, down […]
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27 Nov 2019 5 min read
Commentary from Fidelity China Special Situations interim results
Commentary from Fidelity China Special Situations interim results – Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS) has reported half-year results to 30 September 2019, with total return NAV and the share price performance of (5.9%) and (6.0%). What follows are exerts from manager, Dale Nicholls, report to investors. Li Ning shines while Tencent continues to drag on performance […]
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05 Jun 2019 3 min read
Fidelity China board introduces discount target after year of poor performance
Fidelity China board introduces discount target after year of poor performance – Fidelity China Special Situations has published results covering the year ended 31 March 2019. It wasn’t a great year for the trust, which saw an NAV total return of -5.3% as compared to a benchmark (MSCI China) return of 0.9%. The share price […]
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01 Feb 2019 5 min read
Aberdeen Emerging: underlying managers struggled in 2018
Aberdeen Emerging: underlying managers struggled in 2018 – Aberdeen Emerging Markets underperformed the MSCI Emerging Markets Index over the year to the end of October 2018, returning -12.4% in NAV terms against -9.0% for the benchmark. The discount widened, leaving shareholders with a return of -15.7%. total dividends of 21p were paid in accordance with the […]
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30 Jul 2018 2 min read
Lazard World Trust Fund reports decent year as it introduces 6% yield
Lazard World Trust Fund reports decent year as it introduces 6% yield – Lazard World Trust Fund says that, for the year ended March 31 2018, the total return on its net asset value was 20.9%, which compares favourably with its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index ex-U.S., which increased 16.5%. A revised dividend policy, effective for […]
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10 Jul 2018 2 min read
Fidelity Special Values lowers its fees
Fidelity Special Values lowers its fees – The board of Fidelity Special Values (FSV) has followed other companies in the Fidelity Investment trust stable by arranging with Fidelity, the investment manager, a lower new tiered fee structure. Fidelity European Values was the first to announce its lower fee in March 2018. Fidelity Japanese Values and Fidelity China Special Situations announced the same in […]
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29 Jun 2017 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on China
There are only two investment companies that focus solely on China: the £1.2 billion Fidelity China Special Situations trust (FCSS) and the £180 million JPMorgan Chinese Investment Trust (JMC). JMC has performed well over the past year, returning 56% in net asset value (NAV) terms and 65% in share price terms. By contrast, FCSS grew […]
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12 Jun 2017 4 min read
Fidelity China’s Dale Nicholls doubles investors’ money in three years
Fidelity China’s Dale Nicholls doubles investors’ money in three years. Nicholas Bull, chairman, said “It is now increasingly accepted by investment professionals that China’s sheer economic size, along with its record of delivering year on year growth, means that anyone building an investment portfolio should consider having an exposure to China. The end of the […]
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31 Jan 2017 2 min read
Aberdeen Emerging marginally behind benchmark
Aberdeen Emerging has reported results for the year ended 31 October 2016. In an otherwise good year, the fund was marginally behind its benchmark. The net asset value total return for the year was 36.4%, slightly behind the total return of 37.7% from the benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Net Total Return Index (in […]
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30 Nov 2016 1 min read
Lazard World Trust discount narrows
Lazard World Trust Fund’s net asset value rose 5.9% on a total return basis, compared with the gain of 6.2% of the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Index during the six-month period ended 30 September 2016. The Fund’s share price, as traded on the London Stock Exchange, was up 8.6% (dividends reinvested) as the discount narrowed. […]
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28 Jun 2016 1 min read
Aberdeen Emerging’s Asian exposure works in its favour
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Investment Company beat its benchmark over the six months ended 30 April 2016. The company’s net asset value total return for the period was 6.1%, comparing favourably with a return of 5.6% from the benchmark index, the MSCI Emerging Markets Net Total Return Index (in sterling terms). The share price total return […]
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02 Jun 2016 3 min read
Fidelity China wants to invest more in unlisted companies
Fidelity China Special Situations has published results for the year ended 31 March 2016. For the year under review, the company’s NAV total return increased by 0.02% while the share price total return fell by 4.53%. The Benchmark Index, MSCI China, fell by 16.17%. The Board recommends a dividend of 1.80 pence (2015: 1.30 pence) per share for the year […]
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19 Nov 2015 3 min read
Fidelity China Special Sits benefits from strong stock selection and timely gearing reduction
Fidelity China Special Situations, managed by Dale Nicholls (pictured), has announced its results for the half-year ended 30 September 2015. During the period, the company’s NAV fell by 14.1% and the share price by 16.2%, both beating the performance of the Benchmark MSCI China Index, which fell 19.7%. The company’s outperformance was primarily due to […]
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16 Nov 2015 1 min read
Asia ex-Japan investment trust discounts widen
The economic slowdown in China is impacting other countries in Asia and the developed world, and hopes of growth in consumer spending and the services sector coming to the rescue are fading. Rebalancing the economy away from infrastructure investment and traditional industrial drivers, while cushioning the services sector and allowing new industries to develop, is […]
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22 Jul 2015 1 min read
The Investment Trust winners and losers in Q2
UK smaller companies funds feature quite prevalently in the lists on the back of a decisive election result in the UK and some funds close to the end of their lives made significant progress during the quarter for stock specific reasons. http://whichinvestmenttrust.com/the-investment-trust-winners-and-losers-in-q2/
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20 Jul 2015 1 min read
UK smaller companies trusts dominate Q2 best-performers
UK small-caps has emerged as the stand-out sector for investment trusts in Q2 2015, according to statistics from QuotedData. The report, published 16 June, showed that UK smaller companies-focused mandates accounted for the majority of best-performing funds in NAV terms for the quarter. http://www.portfolio-adviser.com/news/1023811/uk-companies-trusts-dominate-q2-performers
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1 min read
Investment trusts see largest ever new issue
QuotedData reports that the investment trust sector expanded by about GBP2.4 billion over the second quarter of 2015, taking in close to GBP2.9 billion and handing back just over GBP450 million. The firm comments that many of the funds raising money are not designed to throw off high levels of income, suggesting that investors are […]
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16 Jul 2015 1 min read
Small company investment trusts got election boost
Investment trusts specialising in smaller companies were among the top performers of the past few months after a decisive election result improved confidence in the sector, new research shows. But commodity and Asia-focused investment trusts were among the stragglers as investors shunned stocks exposed to an economic slowdown in China or a US rate rise, […]
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19 Nov 2014 1 min read
Fidelity China boosted by Alibaba
FCSS : Fidelity China boosted by Alibaba Fidelity China Special Situations beat the MSCI China Index by 6.7% over the six months ended 30 September 2014, returning 16.8% vs. 10.1% for the Index. The company’s shares returned 14.3% as the discount widened a little – from 9.6% to 11.7%. Fairly high levels of gearing boosted […]
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09 Jun 2014 1 min read
Fidelity China Special Situations : FCSS – results
Fidelity China Special Situations released its annual results on 6 June. These showed that over the year to the end of March 2014, the fund’s net asset value rose by 19.5% and its share price rose by 14.1%- in marked contrast to the fund’s benchmark, the MSCI China, which fell by 6.9%. The dividend increased from […]
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19 Mar 2014 1 min read
Fidelity China Special Situations : FCSS – change to fee
From 1 April 2014 the annual management fee on Fidelity China Special Situations will fall from 1.2% to 1% of net assets. At the same time the cap on the performance fee will reduce from 1.5% to 1% per annum and outperformance above the fee cap cannot be carried forward to future periods (including any available to […]
In The Press
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04 Jan 2021 2 min read
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits?
2020’s investment trust winners: time to take profits? December 30, 2020 By Dave Baxter The enormous sell-off that took hold in February and March was swiftly followed by a fierce rally that has come to dominate much of the year. MSCI World index rose by nearly 40 per cent in sterling terms between the start of […]
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27 Nov 2020 2 min read
AIC consults on creating China and India sectors
AIC consults on creating China and India sectors Countries under-represented in investment company universe David Brenchley, Investment Week, 27 November 2020 The trade body said it was currently consulting with the relevant members and their managers on whether China and India-focused investment trusts should leave the Country Specialist: Asia Pacific ex Japan sector to form […]
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28 Apr 2020 2 min read
Investment trust insider on China and Vietnam
Investment trust insider on China and Vietnam – James Carthew: taking China profits to plough into Vietnam I was dealing on my portfolio again this week. I try not to turn it over too much but there were a couple of situations that I couldn’t ignore. First, I sold about half my position in JPMorgan China […]
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14 Feb 2019 1 min read
Investment Trust Insider on Fidelity China
Investment Trust Insider on Fidelity China – James Carthew: Fidelity China looks a ‘buy’ if crisis fears fade A belated Happy Chinese New Year! The Chinese stock market has been on a rollercoaster ride since June 2017, when I last wrote about Fidelity China Special Situations (FCSS), yet its share price is about the same today […]
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26 Oct 2018 2 min read
QuotedData – Private Investor Events
QuotedData, the award-warning research house, has come on board as a sponsor for Master Investor Show 2018 and will join the Main Stage line-up on Saturday, 17 March, at London’s Business Design Centre. QuotedData’s CEO Edward Marten will host a panel session titled ‘Investment Companies – why are they the largest and fastest growing sector […]